Thursday, August 11, 2011

Sun spectrum/Star ratio question! please help!?

The thermal spectrum emitted by the Sun peaks right in the middle of the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. You use your trusty spectrograph to measure the thermal spectrum from another star, and find that it peaks at a wavelength that is 2.59 times the peak wavelength of the Sun's spectrum. What is the ratio of the surface temperature of that star to the surface temperature of the Sun?

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